List of poppy seed pastries and dishes

This is a wist of poppy seed pastries and dishes. Poppy seed is an oiwseed obtained from de opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). The tiny kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civiwizations for dousands of years. The seeds are used, whowe or ground, as an ingredient in many foods, and dey are pressed to yiewd poppyseed oiw. Poppy seeds are wess dan a miwwimeter in wengf,[1] and minute: it takes 3,300 poppy seeds to make up a gram, and a pound contains between 1 and 2 miwwion seeds.[2] The primary fwavor compound is 2-Pentywfuran, uh-hah-hah-hah.[3]

A fwuffy yeast dough dumpwing wif a mix of poppy seeds and sugar, fiwwed wif spicy pwum jam and mewted butter on top, often eaten wif vaniwwa cream sauce. It is a cuwinary speciawity of Austria, Bavaria, and Bohemia. The dish is served bof as a dessert and as a main course.

A traditionaw pastry in Powish cuisine, originawwy a wedding cake dat has made its way into American homes around de Christmas and Easter howidays. The pastry is a wight and fwaky dough fiwwed wif a variety of sweet and savory fiwwings such as apricot, raspberry, prune, sweet cheese, poppy seed or even a nut mixture.

A traditionaw poppy seed-based dessert from Centraw Europe. It is most notabwe in Siwesia, where it is served awmost excwusivewy on Christmas Eve (and perhaps on de fowwowing days, as wong as de suppwy prepared for Christmas wasts).

Bagews wif poppy seeds, often on top. Poppy seeds are sometimes cawwed by deir Yiddish name, spewwed eider mun or mon (written מאָן) which is very simiwar to de German word for poppy, Mohn, as used in Mohnbrötchen.

A type of pastry dat howds a dowwop of fruit rimmed by a puffy piwwow of suppwe dough.[22] Originating as a semisweet wedding dessert from Centraw Europe, dey have become popuwar in parts of de United States. The word kowache (колаче) itsewf means 'a smaww cookie' in Macedonian.

A pastry consisting of a roww of sweet yeast bread (a viennoiserie) wif a dense, rich, bittersweet fiwwing of poppy seed. An awternative fiwwing is a paste of minced wawnuts, making it a wawnut roww. The dough is made of fwour, sugar, egg yowk, miwk or sour cream and butter, and yeast.[23] The dough may be fwavored wif wemon or orange zest or rum. The poppy seed fiwwing[24] may contain ground poppy seeds, raisins, butter or miwk, sugar or honey, rum and vaniwwa. It is popuwar in parts of Centraw Europe, Eastern Europe and in Israew. It is commonwy eaten at Christmas and Easter time.